Hi Shmuel,

I see that none have yet responded, so, as a late Christmas gift, I'll try to help.

Had I your problems, I would :-

Hang onto your 500 for the things that it can still do for you.

Contact other past and present 500 users, to exchange ideas. I imagine that a 500 User Group exists, which I'd find by typing "PSR
500 users group"into the search-box of my favourite search engine (in my case www.ask.com or Northern Light)

Do the rounds of keyboard manufacturers, by the same means...they're not all as clueless as Yamaha, in fact one of them (Technics?)invites visitors to its website to describe their ideal keyboard...state your wish-list to them.

It may be that the folks at Yamaha don't read their own manuals, and that their later models do, indeed, have the features of the 500 - you can check these out, again, by typing "Yamaha Manuals Online" into a search-engine.

Above all have you looked through these, and other forums? There's lots of info out there, it's just a matter of scrolling thro and watching out for keywords in the post topics "PSR", "Roland" "Mac", etc

Finally, if you believe the X1 to be great, I wouldn't let its mere weight (not much more than half-a-ton, according to my sauced ones in Nirvana) be a burden to you - If you can afford such a machine, you have the means to hire a coupla men and a boy to haul it into place!

Hope this helps - happy hunting!

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